FIRST RIDE: Tesla Robotaxi - Our Driverless Future Has Arrived!

[@TopGear]

Would you take a ride in one of these?

[@entasis.fifty-four]

Hell no!

[@sparky4878]

No, but then I wouldn’t do anything to support that cult.

[@josephj807]

No

[@BenzinioB]

Never underestimate the number of idiots around!... plenty brainwashed would!

[@Cloxxki]

Only if I can pick the 3 to 5 professional cab/Uber drivers that get to lose their livelihoods because of it. It's gotta be worth it to risk myself ending up at the pointy end of a low traffic hour grid lock...

[@bfife22]

Remember when the Roadster was coming in 2017? Remember when the Cybertruck was going to be $40K? Gotta take everything with a grain of salt

[@cannavaras]

Yeah 100% Im looking forward to the bus with no windows and zero road clearance!

[@snakerb]

If Tesla/Elon gives you a release date, just know they’re not going to deliver it by then (if at all).

[@davidmacphee3549]

What happened to Musk? Weird. It seems he wants to get out of millions or Billions in taxes. That money is supposed to go to good causes

[@epmoli]

Yes, Robotaxi 2030 for me.

[@michaelsamoska621]

Homies just spewing misinfo lol

[@thanos8914]

We are in the Detroit Become Human Timeline

[@billbreze795]

JASON!!

[@Spaceman2921]

Yeah but the robots don't have tits

[@davidmacphee3549]

I wonder if you felt offended at what trump recently said in Detroit? You live there? I'm just up the road in Toronto.

[@TonyMiguel-ko7cz]

Game is a prophecy

[@nootzu91]

That pinky S2000 on background was awesome 😍😍😍

[@Vorshays]

That's Suki's S2000 from 2 Fast 2 Furious

[@LORDFROMUDD]

8:27 Devon Aoki’s S2000 just chilling in the back

[@xjet]

The thing that sold me was that they painted the sidewalls of the tyres gold. That's a breakthrough if ever I saw one.

[@grabir01]

Tesla Robotaxi followed by ambulance chasers.

[@Cloxxki]

We so rarely get to see the start of a traffic jam. It's always just happened. When there's snow in the air, take a few long rides! The excitemeeeeeennntttt!

[@HappyGoLuckyPanda]

Full self driving ambulance 😅

[@davidmacphee3549]

@@Cloxxki excrement?

[@nicholasstocker8864]

See you guys in 2047 when this comes out!

[@jonthedoors]

Marques Brownlee doesn't care, and I respect that

[@tshiamomogale207]

I was thinking where is he ??

[@bwhobackk]

"YES YES YEEESS!!" -- Let's all remember that this is Tesla: Their motto may as well be, 'We sometimes, eventually deliver."

[@4literv6]

It's delivering the impossible, but merely late. 👍🏻

[@Cloxxki]

I'm here for the eventual 2017 coast to coast run. Model 3 was designed to do that. For 4 or 5 occupants and eventually no steering wheel. They removed the good bit we love having with a steering wheel: the stalks, instrument cluster, HUD, but not the wheel itself. Well, some cars came with non-optional yoke that was even worse for doing what a wheel is for: turning.

[@Cloxxki]

@@4literv6 And the stock price is based on a global monopoly in FSD, when several companies are well ahead in this.

[@mumblez22]

Better late than never. Who else is doing what he does on any timeline?!

[@mumblez22]

At least he's doing something to remember.

[@bucketslash11]

_cars that drive themselves were invented ages ago, they're called Taxis_ - James May, Top Gear

[@DonidorBackup]

Is it just me or is the new Top Gear a better youtube channel than the TV show could ever be?

[@Cloxxki]

In 2017 we were promised a UScoast to coast uniterrupted drive to take place in....2017. Legality and consistency are still a far cry in 2024, and frankly, other brands are ahead with the hardware and software. One little snowstorm, or 2 well placed traffic cones on a perfect day, and the Tesla is hijacked and the occupants ended or worse.

[@ricardoh.6850]

We just all forgot Waymo exists?? lol

[@ToddAnglin]

Top Gear is showing a startling lack of critical thinking for Tesla’s latest vapor ware. By now, you should know better the drill with Tesla.

[@glintrhmj]

Humanity celebrating their replacement 😂😂😂if irony could kill 😂😂

[@DJ.1001]

if Elon says 2026 expect 2030. If Elon says $30k expect $65k

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

Still mighty impressive!

[@antoinedoinell]

that's generous considering it's been nearly 7 years since the roadster was promised.

[@chachacamel]

Why is there a Fast and Furious Honda S2000 in the back? 8:40

[@Aandemaat]

I was thinking the same thing. Went looking for a blue striped R34 but I did not find one :P

[@sirhamsteralot3977]

honestly the moment that appeared on screen i kinda forgot about the whole tesla thing going on and just focused on that

[@gpaje]

They are at the Warner Brothers lot in Los Angeles, makes sense it would be there.

[@rawlvee]

@@gpaje fast and furious is universal tho

[@gpaje]

​@rawlvee distributed sure, but there were films filmed at Warner Bros for F&F.

[@Edgartorresededdedy]

This guy still owe people a roadster right? Just asking 😂😂😂

[@abhinavcj1]

Bros! It's teleoperated! It will not be one day but it is today. Howww did y'all get fooled so easily??

[@HS-yz7ui]

So what happens if gets hack and decides to crush itself on a wall. is there an emergency button to override everything and stops the car

[@metsanemosehlane7891]

Suki's S2000 is so cool... and that Lincoln Continental with green head lights.

[@ajulio89]

What happened to the roadster?

[@aussie2uGA]

Cold air thrusters aren't cheap enough to make just yet.

[@AraCarrano]

Did they show the Robovan clearing a speed bump or raised crosswalk?

[@xtianeskay5166]

No, it might have been just radio controlled cars on this private gated area

[@ss-lv1mw]

So they're on to the next thing but the cybertruck is still so problematic

[@curlyspikes7114]

Airbags included?

[@Sonnie125]

Easy to feel at ease in a self automated car when not in full on busy traffic , and not put in unpredictable scenarios ..

[@tipoomaster]

Are you sure about Optimus? Pretty sure there's people responding via telepresence, not an uploaded personality. The voice is a giveaway.

[@netgnostic1627]

If I'm going to own something, I want a steering wheel, etc. Here in Canada, there are still going to be winter mornings when the snow covers all the road markings and even hides the edge of the tarmac. I think there will still be road or weather conditions where FSD will be forced to give up and refuse to work. Here's another: the BIG flood is coming, the road is covered with opaque brownish water, 8" deep. Am I going to drive through it, to get out of the flood zone? Yes. Will a fully-autonomous CyberCab drive through it? So far, I think the answer is NO.

[@Cloxxki]

How many professional cab drivers can we render unemployed by ordering just ONE of these 2-seaters? That's what we all live for at Tesla, making the machines lose people their jobs, so a relatively rich person can drive cheaper?

[@xtianeskay5166]

Yeah, my job as a customer is clearly to keep people in work. Anything else?

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

Damn you raise a good point. While we're at it let's employ two cab drivers per cab and pay double for our fares. This will solve so many problems.

[@paulhill1662]

You do not get it. That same cabby will own the car that goes to work for him and he will just manage it and make more as it will work and earn more hours than he can do ❤

[@RuairiODonnellFOTO]

Those robots are fake as heck. It was obvious that they were remote controlled puppets. Go to MGM studio and be impressed by animtronics. No way that was xAI LLM doing audio-to-audio inference, each "robot" had a different accent and colloquial speech pattern

[@JustinMcFly1980]

Hopefully they won't drive slow and stack up traffic creating a dead head lane. Cant afford to be late for work because of self driving cars making more traffic. Especially since I enjoy driving myself.

[@scottbeeton2747]

How does car insurance work with these?

[@omdawe]

Haha.. Is this suppose to be Top Gear? 10:37 not thinking about asking about road bumps or broken roads, what will happen? 4:57 what about the trunk in the back and yeah my final point this is NOT Top Gear, Call it something else since the real guys with the real questions are not there.

[@billbreze795]

I cant unsee Elon's midriff whenever i see him talk now.

[@davidmacphee3549]

What happened to Musk? Weird.

[@thefudfarm]

Optimus was tele-operated. It was a human talking to you bro.... unreal.

[@jdmaine51084]

My guys commenting on how a taxi cab... a vehicle that should be cheap in order to maximize profit... looks cheap. Real, proper journalism here.

[@Cam_Wight]

Don’t put a Boeing whistleblower in one of these 😂

[@alexl.102]

Wow peep Suki's S2k at @9:25. What a beaut.

[@FloydPhillipsII]

I guess there's nothing illegal with drinking and "riding"... lolol

[@POLARTTYRTM]

The "driverless" cars are called trams, trains, taxis and metros. I will never trust a car with no conductor. This is the future no one asked for.

[@alexl.102]

right and they are going to get rid of all the rideshare job out there too.

[@Carbon3979]

exactly this is just lame

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

Speak for yourself Mr Everybody

[@Asillyhobo]

​​@@alexl.102, just like ride sharing disrupted the taxi industry. "It's like poetry, it rhymes."

[@POLARTTYRTM]

@@Czeslaw_cn4tv too bad for you that most people share my thoughts on this matter :(

[@Drinkyoghurt]

The obsession with cars for "public transport" never ceases to amaze. A big car that can only seat 2 is peak bad design.

[@Cloxxki]

Imagine people who get frustrated with drivers who go just above the speed limit. These babies will not get close.

[@Werevertumoto]

@12:35 that is the difference with VW and Tesla, VW had this amazing prototype but then they looked at their "business as usual" side of the business and decided not to produce it. It was just a marketing tool. You can say what you want about Tesla overpromising and delivering late etc. But they are not kidding when they show you a crazy piece of design or tech. They might be aiming very high and sometimes they miss, but 100% they are trying to bring this things to reality and I really appreciate that.

[@jayaneyon9316]

It's kinda hilarious that this is their best looking car yet

[@cavb748]

Crap, this guys are selling pure smoke. Top Gear is not a VIP? Next time just leave Jack.

[@gnws6]

Black Beauty from the Green Hornet and the pink S2000 from 2F2F in the background, far more interesting.

[@jeremyjansen1932]

Im a tech geek..... i love new tech and i can honestly see where this is going in the next 50 years. HOWEVER!!!! the petrolhead in me wants to pull my hair out, dear God no!! Please give me naturally aspirated V12 and a manual gearbox.......Zonda

[@TunedIntoCars]

Top gear: future is here Tesla: in production 2026 And knowing Musk, that 2026 is going to realistically be 2030

[@jessestone117]

Fans of company get excited when said company reveals groundbreaking new product Top Gear: stop getting so excited you're part of a cult! 3:08 There are certainly plenty of instances of cultish behavior when it comes to Tesla, but this is such a dumb moment to point two as an example of that 🤦‍♂️ Cringey cynicism

[@Gson-cx8uk]

I wouldn’t take the piss out of Optimus, I’m sure the memory is better than any elephant and he knows where you sleep, eat, work and where you go on holiday……. Before you even decide where you’re going! My advice, blow smoke up his back door data storage at any given opportunity and call him homey, brother, my main cyber dude wearing dark glasses as you do so he doesn’t know your at it.

[@Dontslaythybroski]

So excited for the future!

[@gnws6]

Nope, nope, and especially nope.

[@Goomba_N64]

22:18 you can hear Seth Rogan laughing in the background haha

[@component9008]

They literally copied the Volkswagen xl1. Why couldn’t they come up with something original.

[@Tholi]

Elon complaining about the population decline, proccedes to make products that compete with people's jobs..

[@Native722]

Does that means their can autonmous car racing?

[@iluvhousemuzic]

Lol has arrived? It's been here. Waymo has been operating for some time in the US. Although in limited cities and I would trust their tech over Tesla

[@Sam-lk1ci]

Welcome to the future friends! 🤖

[@bcraftin7846]

Miss a payment… it’ll lure you to getting in the car and drive you right to the bank… do a crime it’ll lure you to get in the car and drive you right to the police station. And a bunch of other scenarios!! Brilliant… But no thank you. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@aussie2uGA]

You're a decade too late buddy, OnStar pioneered all of that awhile ago. I love those chase videos where Corvettes have their engine turned off, windows rolled up, and doors locked, all remotely from an office.

[@bcraftin7846]

@@aussie2uGA Damn 😳

[@Some0ne001]

Knowing the lack of quality control from Tesla I wouldn’t trust these cars driving me around nor any other driverless cars.

[@noobonthetube]

It looks like a VW Xl-1 if you removed everything interesting about it.

[@LemironStarling]

I thought the same thing which roots back to 20yrs ago.

[@sabretechv2]

Deliver in 2026 😂😂😂😂

[@texwebb]

Liability liability liability.... Its assumed software can be more efficient than humans. however, software is written by humans. There will be errors as there are an infinite number of situations and combintions in real world driving. Who is held responsible when these start getting into accidents. The passenger, the owner, the manufacturer? What about when a malicious actor hacks it and runs all them at top speed into each other or walls. Don't tell me its impossible. Every supposedly secure computer network has been hacked at some point. It is possible technology will catch up. But how many issues will happen or how many injuries or worse will it take to get there? Humans make mistakes for sure. But again we hold humans liable. Do we hold Elon responsible when these things kill people?

[@DIrvine101]

Yes, you would hold Tesla responsible for the error. I'm friends with someone high up in a car insurance firm and they were having serious discussions 4-5 years ago about how you'd insure a self driving and concluded that (for example) a Tesla self driving car crashed into a Google self driving car they'd just sue each other, and likely have an agreed liability split between them (which is common amongst insurance firms already) so there'd be almost no need for 90% of car insurance companies. The company is pivoting into other vehicle insurance (bike, e-bike etc.) and other types of insurance so whenever this shift happened (they guessed about 15 years 5 years ago) it wouldn't be catastrophic for them.

[@davidmacphee3549]

"please put on your seat belts now. We are now entering the Freeway and possible turbulence

[@fredtafel]

Trumpty Dumpty and Elon Muskovitch make a really cute couple 😂

[@James-gr6kr]

He’s definitely drunk while recording this 😂

[@joe5boost]

2024 and my computer still crashes and he thinks he can makes cars that dont , i think he's been smoking too much of that trump

[@aussie2uGA]

Yeah I mean the guy thinks he can land a rocket - upright! On a moving ship... lol

[@xtianeskay5166]

Don't fall for Elon! He's been promising FSD for years and here in Europe we can barely take our hands from the steering wheel! So don't you believe this robotaxi will work!

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

Meh people were saying the same about horseless carriages. That didn't age too well.

[@xtianeskay5166]

@@Czeslaw_cn4tv The point is: Elon is making promises and does not keep up with what he says. When he is presenting something, it is nothing they already HAVE achieved but they are eager to achieve. So basically the stuff he shows does not work.

[@Amigothemango]

That “van” thing looks like a damn maglev train

[@MuseyibMammadli-ik9cu]

I won't be in this car it is the death driving era

[@leomux2004]

I hate self-driving.

[@mcsike7264]

Then don't take it

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

I have a Tesla with full self driving and I agree. It’s actually terrible. Slow, timid and frustrating as hell.

[@leomux2004]

@@BiffTannenBTTF That's not the reason that I don't like it, but that it's trying to kill the driving pleasure.

[@BiffTannenBTTF]

@@leomux2004 It does that too. But that’s why I also own an e46 m3.

[@leomux2004]

@@BiffTannenBTTF I just hope we still have steering wheels and pedals in the future...😔

[@walkerdarin2003]

Tesler event cool

[@Weissman111]

Is it April 1st already?

[@Blueelectricaltape]

My FREE ENERGY design complies with all the laws of physics and it will change a lot,

[@sparky4878]

Poor Jack, deep amongst the cultists. Blink twice if you need rescuing.

[@lanceareadbhar]

So 4 people would put two self driving cars on the road instead of one car driven by a human? How is this better? Also, how disgusting will those be after a while?

[@mcsike7264]

Thats why you clean em

[@titusmuli035]

The number of people with glasses is crazyy😭2:07

[@POLARTTYRTM]

no it's not, there are only 13 people with glasses at that moment out of tens of people

[@ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーヅ]

are you blind?

[@entasis.fifty-four]

This was the best laugh I’ve had today. Musk is a joke.

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

If he's a joke, who are you?

[@SimonLaudati]

The form factor makes no sense

[@con4609]

Isn't induction charging incredibly inefficient and creates extra heat?

[@nickbull6603]

Love electric cars, ones that drive themselves... Not so much. And consider this, what if insurance companies deem FSD safer? Will your insurance premium increase if you do drive manually ? Heaven forbid will they deem you to be a risk too great and you won't be able to take the wheel at all? I have no issue with being able to choose when I drive or when my car drives me, but that needs to always be jsut that, a choice.

[@thatboykel1901]

Uhh.. okay

[@Dontslaythybroski]

Disruption truly gets under some peoples skin😂

[@aussie2uGA]

Open container in a car in California? That's illegal, unlike in the UK.

[@philaoki]

2:09 "I might get beaten up because I've got a different color" Welcome to L.A.

[@davidmacphee3549]

Ireallylikebrunnettes

[@bigdhav]

I wonder how it will compare the the Rimac "Verne" vehicle....

[@seagullsays5831]

Don't care tbh

[@Ovahlls]

Woohoo! The start of the AI revolution! Let's just make it as easy as possible for them to take over!

[@bigdhav]

Is he wearing Jensen's leather jacket?

[@Cloxxki]

A cute actual car in that style would have gone down well. They've now removed seating space and performance and DRIVING, but it's barely cheaper than a Model 3 because...you get to make a few professional drivers unemployed with each they build? Imagine 20 people go on a bus and 10 decide to take a robocab of their own...welcome to gridlock. These things will ADD vehicles on the road in rush hour!

[@hejmuesli]

I can't watch the bit with Elon :/

[@LemironStarling]

Yeah, he isn’t a public speaker

[@aussie2uGA]

Triggered?

[@hejmuesli]

@@LemironStarling Wouldn't know. Didn't watch :D

[@hejmuesli]

@@aussie2uGA His political views just makes me want to skip ahead when I see his face. I enjoy Tesla cars and I have a lot of respect for what the development team behind the car achieved. I'm just not liking what he brings to the world by how he is involved in politics.

[@LemironStarling]

@@hejmuesli good, at least your ears aren’t bleeding 😏

[@Toyota4Life]

How can there be a driving review of a vehicle that you don’t drive?

[@AllanFarrell]

How is that bus thing supposed to go around corners?!

[@cheggers23]

Can the BBC stop promoting this maniacs company please? He doesn't dream any of this stuff up, he just takes credit for it all.

[@Rook6666]

Can we stop this already? They already FAILED to deliver autonomous self-drive to customers who PAID FOR IT. Now you want us to get excited about not even having a choice?! FOH.

[@SophisticatedDogCat]

What do you mean? The Teslas do self-drive.

[@odysseyxcycle]

You can stop any time you want..me, goin for a ride. Future looks bright, thanks elon. He finally delivered.. so sweet!!!!!

[@Toyota4Life]

MKHD !

[@marclalikos]

So you're saying we'll be seeing the Robotaxis in 10 years or so, because we all know how bad Tesla is at meeting their release dates for their products.

[@Bowser-u9j]

eather love it or hate it

[@mr_m_to_the_t]

Does it have a trunk and a frunk?

[@davidwebber2951]

The seats look identical to Volvo 760 seats.